International Relations Major

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>i"m from sydney and i’m kinda finalizing my college list and i’ve also submitted ED and EA to a couple of schools but I’m kinda worry that I don’t have enough safeties school on the list. I"m planning to major in International Relations/Economics/Poli Sci. </p>

<p>Academics: im above average in my year group and we do percentage here so it’s around 70%-90% (SAT:1800) </p>

<p>Extra curricular activites and Positions:
-School Magazine Editor-in-Chief
-Delegate of Australia to THIMUN Youth Assembly
-Ambassador of THIMUN Youth Assembly
-Red Cross Youth Magazine Reporter

  • World Vision Make Poverty Ambassador
    -UNICEF Young Envoy
  • Delegate of Australia GLobal Young LEaders Conference
  • National Youth Leadership Forum on Law
  • THIMUN Youth Network Delegate to 2008 International Aids Conference in Mexico.
    -THIMUN Singapore - International Court of Justice Judge
  • Delegate of Australia to ASia Pacific Cities Summit
    -THIMUN Summer Sympoisum
  • UNICEF Youth Newsletter Editor
    -Tutor Group Co-Captian
  • Junior PRep School PRogram </p>

<p>hobbies:
dancing, sailing, debating, public speaking</p>

<p>Awards:

  • Highly Commended Awards in School Modern DAnce Festival
  • Champion of Bible Reading Competition
    -Second in Bible Reading Competition
  • Credit in UNSW Economics COmpetition
  • Level 7 in Speech and Action of Australian Music Examination Board </p>

<p>Schools I applied to through EA/ED:
-Northeastern(safety)
-Columbia
-Lewis and Clark(safety)</p>

<p>Other Schools through regular:
-U Chicago

  • George Washington
  • Macalester
    -American(safety)
    -Duke
    -NYU(safety) </p>

<p>it’ll be great if anyone could help me out cos i’m really confused about the whole school selection and feel free to make any comments/suggestions!</p>

<p>thanks,
bev</p>

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<p>From what you say, you are probably in the top 25% of your class, but not in the top 10%. This will be reflected in the chances I give below:</p>

<p>Schools you applied to through EA/ED:
-Northeastern- Safe Match
-Columbia - Reach (need to be top 10% since 93% of acceptees are)
-Lewis and Clark - Match</p>

<p>Other Schools through regular:
-U Chicago - Reach

  • George Washington - Slight Reach
  • Macalester - Match to Slight Reach
    -American - Safe Match to Match
    -Duke - Reach
    -NYU - Slight Reach (although they like international students, so this might be almost a match–the problem is that the average SAT I of their acceptees is about 1940)</p>

<p>You seem to be quite religious and into music. My guess is you would fit in quite well in a LAC (liberal arts school) in the SE portion of the US (the so-called “bible belt” here). A school like Rhodes would probably be a great fit.
For a national college you already have a pretty good list of schools that specialize in international relations.</p>

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<p>University of Maryland or University of Delaware</p>